For many fans of the FSU football team who also have a rooting interest in the National Football League, the first two weeks of the preseason have – for the most part – been an exercising in seeing how many people can stay healthy just in time for the regular season to start come Thursday, September 5th in Chicago.
This weekend, however, will be a chance for fans of everyone from Miami to Baltimore and Jacksonville to Oakland to see the closest thing that their teams will look like in the regular season as the teams will essentially stage a dress rehearsal for the regular season against their foes this week.